The StrangerThrough the story of an ordinary man unwittingly drawn into a senseless murder on an Algerian beach, Camus explored what he termed "the nakedness of man faced with the absurd." First published in English in 1946; now in a new translation by Matthew Ward. |
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Page 78
... Marie is one of the authors chosen for study . She tends to present contemporary attitudes towards women and their speech realistically . Her female characters suffer criticism and dire consequences for asserting their independence and ...
... Marie is one of the authors chosen for study . She tends to present contemporary attitudes towards women and their speech realistically . Her female characters suffer criticism and dire consequences for asserting their independence and ...
Page 170
... Marie Antoinette's first reaction was to complain of the trouble caused her by all those who imitated her signature for fraudulent purposes . Then this strange business involving a prince from the House of Rohan seemed so outra- geous ...
... Marie Antoinette's first reaction was to complain of the trouble caused her by all those who imitated her signature for fraudulent purposes . Then this strange business involving a prince from the House of Rohan seemed so outra- geous ...
Page 209
... Marie's rendering, an extended lai, a chivalric adventure, a romance. Marie considers the Espurgatoire to be a tale or “cunte,” and in a passage not to be found in H.'s Tractatus, she refers to “the tale we wish to tell” (“al cunte que ...
... Marie's rendering, an extended lai, a chivalric adventure, a romance. Marie considers the Espurgatoire to be a tale or “cunte,” and in a passage not to be found in H.'s Tractatus, she refers to “the tale we wish to tell” (“al cunte que ...
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